Aaron Martina is an Florida based programmer and an international man of mystery. Well, he's not all that mysterious but he does travel the world now and then taking photos, eating interesting foods and diving the depths.

Apr 17 Two races in one week

It's been a long time since I have written on this blog so let's get back to it with a small post.

EA Sports Riverside Dash 5k

I last ran a 5k in mid-November of last year and did so so. Actually, I was in pain for much of the run but I finished it. I then get sick and didn't return to running until February. I registered for the EA Sports Riverside Dash 5k. This past Sunday in the very early morning I trekked up to Sanford and joined the throng of people milling around prior to the race. Now the Riverside Dash has both a 5k and 15k race but I'm not even quite up to the task of the 5k yet so the 15k is right out.

I did alright in this race and finished with a time of 38:46.8. My tracking put this run at 3.17 miles and although the time isn't my personal best I did complete the race and felt good about it. Here is the bling.

IOA Corporate 5k

For my second race this week I did the IOA Corporate 5k. I have done this race 4 times so far and back in 2012 it was the first 5k I had ever participated in. Looking at my previous times I have improved nicely over the last three years but I'm still unable to jog a mile straight. Well, it rained quite a bit and there were approximately 18,000 people crowding the streets so I'm using that as the excuse for why I was slower on a Thursday evening than I was on the previous Sunday morning. There was no official timing but my self timing put me at 39:17. Here is the IBM runners.